oxdriver

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noun

Someone who drives an ox or a yoke of oxen, especially one who does so as their occupation.

OriginEnglish driver ← Middle English drivere ← Old English oxa →
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Meanings

nounoxdriver (plural oxdrivers)

plural oxdrivers

  1. historicalSomeone who drives an ox or a yoke of oxen, especially one who does so as their occupation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*uksḗn
  2. Proto-Germanic*uhsô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ohsō
  4. Old Englishoxa
  5. Middle Englishoxe
  6. Englishox
  7. Middle Englishdriven
  8. Middle Englishdrivere
  9. Englishdriver
  10. Englishoxdriver

From ox + driver.

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APA

oxdriver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxdriver

MLA

“oxdriver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxdriver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxdriver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxdriver.

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